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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_21" title="September 21">September 21</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_of_Peace" title="International Day of Peace">International Day of Peace</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1170" title="1170">1170</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Norman_invasion_of_Ireland" title="Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland">Norman invasion of Ireland</a>: English and Irish forces conquered <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Dublin" title="Kingdom of Dublin">Dublin</a>, forcing <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascall_mac_Ragnaill" title="Ascall mac Ragnaill">Ascall mac Ragnaill</a></b>, the last <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse%E2%80%93Gaels" title="Norse–Gaels">Norse–Gaelic</a> king of Dublin, into exile.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1823" title="1823">1823</a> – According to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Smith" title="Joseph Smith">Joseph Smith</a>, he was first visited by the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Moroni" title="Angel Moroni">Angel Moroni</a></b>, who would guide him to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_plates" title="Golden plates">golden plates</a> that became the basis of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Mormon" title="Book of Mormon">Book of Mormon</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918" title="1918">1918</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>: The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Nazareth" title="Battle of Nazareth">Battle of Nazareth</a></b> ended with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a> victorious over the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottomans</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958" title="1958">1958</a> – The first section of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_80_in_Iowa" title="Interstate 80 in Iowa">Interstate 80 in Iowa</a></b> opened in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Des_Moines_metropolitan_area" title="Des Moines metropolitan area">Des Moines metropolitan area</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001" title="2001">2001</a> – Several British Muslim youths in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterborough" title="Peterborough">Peterborough</a>, England, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Ross_Parker" title="Murder of Ross Parker">murdered 17-year-old Ross Parker</a></b>, leading to debate over whether the British media failed to cover racially-motivated crimes with white victims.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ishaq_Ibrahim_(Buyid)" title="Abu Ishaq Ibrahim (Buyid)">Abu Ishaq Ibrahim</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 953); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Tango_Piatti" title="Virginia Tango Piatti">Virginia Tango Piatti</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1869); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denny_Jones" title="Denny Jones">Denny Jones</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1910); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_McNeill" title="Bertha McNeill">Bertha McNeill</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1979)</p>